Improvement in husking-pins



w. L. coRs'oNx Improvement in Husking Pins.

No. 123,615.v

- Patented Feb. 13, 1872. l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM L. OORSON, OF HENNEPIN, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT B. PARKS .AND

` JOHN R. PARKS, OF PRINCETON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUSKING-PINS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,615, dated February13, 1872.

I, WILLIAM L. Conserv, of Hennepin, Putnam county, Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Husking- Pins; and thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawing mnkingpart of this specication, in Which-Figure 1 is a plan vieu7 with the strap removed; Fig. 2, a.- side Viewwith strap inserted in the two holes; Fig. 3, a perspective of thedevice ready to be applied to the hand.

In the drawing, a represents the huskingpin, and f the strap by means ofwhich it is secured to the hand. The pin a may be made of any suitablemetal, one end, b, being curved and pointed as usual, While upon theother end is a knob, c. d e arel holes in a. One end of the strapf issecured in the hole d. In Fig. 8 two loops, g und h, are shown. Theformeris designed to receive theY middle or long finger, thclatter toreceive the third and fourth fingers. The outer end of the stra-p isprovided with one or more slits or holes large enough to permit thepassage of the knob c, so that the device ca-n be adj listed to hands ofdil'erent sizes. Vhen first applied to the hand it will be mostconvenient to rst form the loop g and insert the iinger into it; thenpass the strap between the husker and hand, and over the third andfourth fingers, and secure the end of the strap over the knob c, whichwill prevent the strep from slipping off. Instead of a knob, c, a hookmight be used.

My improvements consist in providing the husking-pin With the knob c,and in the inanner of securing the pin to the hand.

I/Vhen this husking-pin is fastened to the han d as described it will beheld securely in its place and in position for use without any efiort,and will not get out of place when the hand is opened, While the curvedpoint b will'always be directly under the thumb. The buskercan be usedwith a glove as Well as Without.

Wha-t I cla-im as new is as follows:

The pin a., when provided with the curved point b, holes d c, knob c,and perforated strap j", substantially as and for the purposes speciied.

WILLIAM L. CORSON.

Vitnesses: Y

WM. H. CAssoN, JOHN E. ALLEN.

